Closet-seat.



R. MGCORD.

CLOSET SEAT.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 2, 1911.

1,018,721 I P atented Feb. 27, 1912.

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RALPH MGCORD, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CLOSET-SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, rate.

Application filed September 2, 1911. Serial No. 647,361.

To all whom it may voncem: 1

,Be it known that I, RALPH MoCoRo, citizen of the United States,residing at St.

State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCloset- Seats, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart hereof. 4

My invention has relation to improvements in closet seats; and itconsists in the novel details of construction more fully set forth inthe specification and pointed out in the claims.

Inthe drawings Figure 1 is a top plan of the seat with a portion ofthe-lid removed; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section on the line 3-3 ofFig. 1; Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional detail the manner of assemblingthe metal sections of the seat and showing the manner of securing therubber bumpers or tips; Fig.

5 is an inverted plan of the detail shown in Fig. 4:; and Fig. 6 is aside view of the combined spacing plug and bumper for the seat.

The present is an improvement on the closet-seat forming thesubject-matter of U. S. Letters Patent granted to myself and C. O.Cunningham, numbered 848,043, dated March 26, 1907; and whilecontemplating the several objects and possessing the same advantages asthe patented construction, the present plified, the necessary stifinessto the seat being efiected by a construction in which the bumpers playan important part, the imrovement being simpler, cheaper, morecomfortable, and lighter, and possessing further and other advantagesbetter apparent from a detailed description of the invention which is asfollows Referring to the drawings 1, represents the upper convexedsection of a hollow seat, and 2 the plane bottom section, the two -being assembled along the inner edges or those bounding the opening 0ofthe seat by folding and clenching the edges of the respective sectionsforming a head 7) as shown the outer edges being first turned out in theform of a stiffening shoulder s whence they are subseuently turned inand clenched forming a the bottom edge of the head 7) being depressedbelow the plane of disposition of the bead b, and when the seat isdropped said bead b slightly overhangs the outer improvement is in ameasure s1m-' edge of the bowl. Formed at convenient points on thebottom section 2 are inwardly embossed circular depressions 3 bounded bystiffening shoulders or offsets 4, the centers of the depressions havingpunched from them suitable circular openings for the reception of thespacing stems 5 of the rubber bumpers, the stems of the bumpersterminating in cushioning heads 6, more or less elliptical in plan orcross-section (Fig. 5). The head 6 forms a shoulder a with the base ofthe stem 5, and in practice the stems are driven through the openings inthe roofs of the depressions 3 well into the chamber of the seat, andinto contact 1. The stems are received by the sockets or thiinbles wdistributed along the inner surface of said upper wall 1 at pointsopposite the openings in the bottom Wall 2, through which the stems areinserted, the stems being forced into the sockets until they swellslightly below the free edges of the sockets,

by which time the shoulders a practically arrest further insertion ofthe bumpers.

The original shape of the stem 5 is indi-- cated in Fig. 6 beingsomewhat larger in cross-section than the hole through which it mustpass; and being composed of rubber and compressible, it follows thatwhen the stem has been driven the full limit it is held against anypossible displacement during the service of the seat. When the stem isfully inserted the shoulder a is well up against the roof of thedepression 3 (Figs. 2, punching of the hole (in the depression) willembed itself in the rubber bumper, the latter can not come loose fromits anchorage once it is driven fully into the socket w, as

described. The head 6 serves as a tip or and since the bur 6 resultingfrom the.

with the upper wall cushion for the seat should the latter be allowed todrop on the porcelain bowl, and the several stems 5 of the bumpers serveas spacers to prevent collapse of the upper section 1, serving as theydo to afford the latter support at a sufficient number of points aroundthe seat. Like in the patent aforesaid, the sections 1 and 2' arepreferably made of thin sheet metal, and in practice usually enameled.The rubber stems 5 prevent'the sections 1, 2, against collapse due toknocks or undue weight resting on the seat.

The seat is provided with a sheet metal lid 7 the free end of which isprovided with a bumper tip 8 to engage the seat, said tip terminating inan outer enlarged head 9 shouldered against the lid, the head 9 servingas a bumper for the lid should the latter be forcibly swung open againstthe Wall of the room or against the pipe leading from the Hush tank,these features not being shown as they are well understood in the art.

In the present case I secure the seat and lid by means of a hinge H,having straps of special construction; This hinge is not here describedas the same forms the subject-matter of a separate application forpatent.

It may be stated in passing that the free ends of the tips 6 terminateslightly beyond the plane of the extreme edge of the head 6 for anobvious reason (Fig. 4).

Having described my invention, what I claim is i 1. In combination witha closet-seat, a sheet-metal lid provided with a rubber cushioning tipto engage the seat, said tip having an outer bumper head shoulderedagainst the lid.

2. A hollow sectional closet-seat composed of an upper convex member anda plane bottom member coupled thereto and forming a hollow 'shelltherewith, and provided with r with inner and outer beads at the linesof inner and outer beads at the lines of juncture, the outer bead beingdisposed in a plane exterior to the inner bead.

3. A hollow sectional closet-seat composed of an upper convex member anda plane bot-' tom member coupled thereto and forming a hollow shelltherewith, and provided with inner and outer heads at the lines ofjuncture disposed in different planes.

4. A hollow sectional closet-seat composed of an upper convex member anda plane bottom member coupled thereto and forming a hollow shelltherewith, and provided juncture, the outer bead being offset from theseat by an outer reinforcing shoulder and disposed in a plane exteriorto the plane of disposition of the innerbead.

5. A hollow sectional closet-seat composed of an upper member and abottom member forming a hollow shell therewith, a series of spacingdevices inserted through the bottom member and forced into engagementwith the inner surface of the upper member, and bumpers projecting fromthe bottom member.

6. A hollow sectional closet-seat composed of an upper member and abottom member forming a hollow shell therewith, a series of compressiblespacing devices inserted into the chamber of the shell through thebottom member and engaging the inner wall of the upper member, headsformed on said spacing devices and shouldered against the bottom memberand serving as cushioning pads therefor.

7 A hollow sectional closet-seat composed of an upper member anda bottommember forming a hollow shell therewith, and a series of compressiblespacing members forced into the chamber of the shell through the bottommember and against the inner surface of the upper member, portions ofsaid spacing devices projecting outside the bottom member and serving ascushioning bumpers therefor.

8. In a hollow closet-seat, a series of combination spacing andcushioning devices extending across the chamber of the seat, andprojecting outside the bottom of the seat, the openings through whichthe same are inserted being reinforced by depressions embossed in thebottom of the seat.

.9. In a hollow closet-seat, a series of sockets distributed along theinner surface of the upper wall of said seat, the bottom wall havingopenings opposite said sockets, and bumpers inserted through theopeningsand entering said sockets.

.10. A hollow closet-seat comprising an upper member and a bottommember, and jointly forming a hollow shell, the bottom member beingprovided with openings, and spacingdevices passed through said openingsand forced into engagementkwith the inner surface of the upper member.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

RALPH MoCORD. Witnesses:

EMIL STAREK, J 0s. A. MICHEL.

